Latest version adds improved charting and report and dashboard creation features.
- By Michael Desmond
- 03/22/2011
Microsoft's HTML5-savvy Web browser features performance improvements, refined interface and new developer hooks.
Developers discuss installation and compatibility workarounds with VS2010 SP1. New LightSwitch Beta 2 resolves one compatibility issue.
- By Michael Desmond
- 03/15/2011
The second pre-release version of Microsoft's wizard-based, rapid business application development tool adds cloud and extensibility features.
- By Michael Desmond
- 03/15/2011
Awaited Visual Studio service pack release is joined by two new VS Feature Packs and a soon-to-ship fresh beta of LightSwitch.
- By Michael Desmond
- 03/08/2011
Read these first-person tales of development gone wrong, from the authors of the On VB, C# Corner and Practical ASP.NET columns at Visual Studio Magazine.
- By Michael Desmond
- 02/28/2011
Low-cost Starter Editions of Embarcadero's rapid application development environments target aspiring developers, non-profits and fledgling companies.
- By Michael Desmond
- 02/18/2011
Resco MobileForms 2011 Volume 2 adds new controls for Windows Mobile, Windows Phone 7, iOS and Android Editions.
- By Michael Desmond
- 02/18/2011
A survey of 1600 software development professionals shows widespread uptake of open source solutions marred by lack of effective policies and integration.
- By Michael Desmond
- 02/17/2011
Microsoft today announced forthcoming updates to Windows phones at the Mobile World Congress event.
Microsoft and Nokia today announced a global strategic alliance on mobile smartphone technologies, centered on Windows phone.
Microsoft Wednesday released Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 to its equipment manufacturing partners.
Microsoft today issued the release candidate (RC) version of its Internet Explorer 9 Web browser.
Microsoft today announced the appointment of Satya Nadella as president of the company's Server and Tools Business.
A survey by ALM provider Serena Software indicates that dev organizations are shifting focus from cost cutting to improving application delivery.
- By Michael Desmond
- 02/03/2011
Microsoft wants Congress to reform the U.S. patent laws by focusing on five issues that intellectual property stakeholders most want, according to the company's legal counsel.
In a manner similar to its growth in the smartphone arena, Google's mobile OS, Android, is gaining ground quickly on Apple's iOS, which powers the iPhone and iPad devices.
Text Control releases updated word processing components for ActiveX application development.
- By Michael Desmond
- 01/26/2011
A headline-grabbing claim of the discovery of new evidence supporting Oracle's allegation that Google infringed on copyrights related to the Java Platform in its Android mobile operating system sparked a hot debate in the blogosphere over the weekend.
- By John K. Waters
- 01/24/2011
Microsoft this week released a free version of its Internet Information Server (IIS) Web server, called IIS Express 7.5.
- By Michael Desmond
- 01/19/2011